{"id":10889,"date":"2018-03-01T15:05:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2018-03-01T15:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T20:05:39","slug":"kim-dotcom-obama-admitted-mistakes-made-megaupload-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/03\/01\/kim-dotcom-obama-admitted-mistakes-made-megaupload-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Dotcom: Obama Admitted \u201cMistakes Were Made\u201d in Megaupload Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Dotcom is claiming that an associate was able to hire a friend of the Obamas to ask about the Megaupload case. &#8220;Mistakes were made. It hasn\u2019t gone well. It\u2019s a problem. I\u2019ll see to it after the election,\u201d Barack Obama reportedly said. With Obama due to land in New Zealand next month, Dotcom says he&#8217;ll have a court subpoena waiting for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>When Megaupload was forcefully shut down in 2012, it initially appeared like \u2018just\u2019 another wave of copyright enforcement action by US authorities.<\/p>\n<p>When additional details began to filter through, the reality of what had happened was nothing short of extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Not only were large numbers of Megaupload servers and millions of dollars seized, but Kim Dotcom\u2019s home in New Zealand was subjected to a military-style raid comprised of helicopters and dozens of heavily armed special tactics police. The whole thing was monitored live by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Few people who watched the events of that now-infamous January day unfold came to the conclusion this was a routine copyright-infringement case. According to Kim Dotcom, whose life had just been turned upside down, something of this scale must\u2019ve filtered down from the very top of the US government. It was hard to disagree.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Dotcom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/kim-dotcom-joe-biden-ordered-the-megaupload-shutdown-120703\/\">told<\/a>\u00a0TorrentFreak that then-Vice President Joe Biden directed attorney Neil MacBride to target the cloud storage site and ever since the Megaupload founder has leveled increasingly serious allegations at officials of the former government of Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Dotcom says that since the US would have difficulty gaining access to him in his former home of Hong Kong, the government of New Zealand was persuaded to welcome him in, knowing they would eventually turn him over to the United States. More recently he\u2019s been turning up the pressure again, such as a tweet on February 20th which cast more light on that process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden had a White House meeting with an \u2018extradition expert\u2019 who worked for Hong Kong police and a handful of Hollywood executives to discuss my case. A week prior to this meeting Neil MacBride hand-delivered his action plan to Biden\u2019s chief of staff, also at the White House,\u201d Dotcom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\/status\/966076149192212482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But this claim is just the tip of an extremely large iceberg that\u2019s involved illegal spying on Dotcom in New Zealand and a dizzying array of legal battles that are set to go on for years to come. But perhaps of most interest now is that rather than wilting away under the pressure, Dotcom appears to be just warming up.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours ago Dotcom commented on an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/372185-obama-to-visit-new-zealand-in-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0published in The Hill which revealed that Barack Obama will visit New Zealand in March, possibly to celebrate the opening of Air New Zealand\u2019s new route to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than expressing disappointment, the Megaupload founder seemed pleased that the former president would be touching down next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat. I\u2019ll have a Court subpoena waiting for him in New Zealand,\u201d Dotcom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\/status\/968882356198100992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But that was just a mere hors d\u2019oeuvre, with the main course was yet to come. But come it did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wealthy Asian Megaupload shareholder hired a friend of the Obamas to enquire about our case. This person was recommended by a member of the Chinese politburo \u2018if you want to get to Obama directly\u2019. We did,\u201d Dotcom revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Dotcom says he\u2019ll release a transcript detailing what Obama told his friend on March 21 when Obama arrives in town but in the meantime, he offered another little taster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMistakes were made. It hasn\u2019t gone well,\u201d Obama reportedly told the person reporting back to Megaupload. \u201cIt\u2019s a problem. I\u2019ll see to it after the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Obama\u2019s position after the election was much different to what had gone before, but that didn\u2019t stop Dotcom\u2019s associates infiltrating the process aimed at keeping the Democrats in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur friendly Obama contact smuggled an @EFF lawyer into a re-election fundraiser hosted by former Vice President Joe Biden,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Biden was asked about the Megaupload case he bragged that it was his case and that he \u2018took care of it\u2019,\u201d which is what Dotcom has been claiming all along.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, when Obama lands in New Zealand, Dotcom says he\u2019ll be waiting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to @BarackObama providing some insight into the political dimension of the Megaupload case when he arrives in the New Zealand jurisdiction,\u201d he teased.<\/p>\n<p>Better get the popcorn ready\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/torrentfreak.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/torrentfreak.png\" alt=\"TorrentFreak\" width=\"38\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/dotcom-obama-admitted-mistakes-were-made-in-megaupload-case-180301\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TorrentFreak.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Kim Dotcom is claiming that an associate was able to hire a friend of the Obamas to ask about the Megaupload case. &#8220;Mistakes were made. It hasn\u2019t gone well. It\u2019s a problem. 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